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We are going to have to get to the bottom of a very big problem that we have here in America.

We're going to talk about that.

First thing in today's core four.

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Welcome to the morning show podcast.

My name is Anthony.

I'm Carla Marie, and today is

Tuesday, December 12th, 2023. The Core 4. The four headlines you need to know. I think it's time

for you and I to have a serious discussion. You know, it's easy to sit here behind our keyboards and complain about how

corrupt some of our politicians are. But if we're being honest, I think we've got to look inside

ourselves at some point and say, you know what? Maybe we're the problem. Maybe we as Americans

are rewarding terrible corrupt behavior. And I don't mean with our votes. I mean

with our dollars. For example, former Republican representative George Santos, you know, the guy who

just became the sixth representative in United States history to be expelled from the House,

well, he's about to make more money in a week than he made in an entire

year as a member of Congress. According to an interview, Santos claims that he's making

so much money from cameo videos that he will most likely make over $175,000 in a single week,

or the equivalent of his yearly salary as a representative

in the house and if you're not familiar with cameo it's where you can basically ask celebrities

to make custom videos for you which means that money is coming directly from us humans who live

on this planet are choosing to send this known scammer our money. Also,

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